BIO 1100 Unit 2 Practice Questions and
Correct Answers
Adenine ✅a purine base found in DNA and RNA
Agarose gel ✅a jelly-like slab used to separate molecules on the basis of molecular
weight
Anaphase ✅4th Phase of mitosis in which the chromosomes separate and move to
opposite ends of the cell
Antiparalell ✅feature of DNA double helix in which nucleotides face up on side of the
helix and down the other
Autosome ✅non-sex chromosome
Base pair ✅The structure in which two bases in opposite strands of DNA hydrogen-
bond with each other.
Condon ✅a sequence of three nucleotides that together form a unit of genetic code in
a DNA or RNA molecule.
Covalent bond ✅the sharing of electrons between an atom
Cytokinesis ✅the physical process of cell division, which divides the cytoplasm of a
parental cell into two daughter cells
Deoxyribose ✅A five-carbon sugar that is a component of DNA nucleotides
Complementary base pair ✅complementary base pair with each other by hydrogen
bonding across the DNA helix
Diploid chromosome ✅the fusion of a sperm and an egg, forming a diploid cell with two
sets of chromosomes
Deoxyribonucelic acid ✅the genetic material which is used to make a blue print
DNA fingerprint ✅technology that identifies particular individuals using properties of
their DNA
DNA replication ✅the process of making a copy of DNA
Correct Answers
Adenine ✅a purine base found in DNA and RNA
Agarose gel ✅a jelly-like slab used to separate molecules on the basis of molecular
weight
Anaphase ✅4th Phase of mitosis in which the chromosomes separate and move to
opposite ends of the cell
Antiparalell ✅feature of DNA double helix in which nucleotides face up on side of the
helix and down the other
Autosome ✅non-sex chromosome
Base pair ✅The structure in which two bases in opposite strands of DNA hydrogen-
bond with each other.
Condon ✅a sequence of three nucleotides that together form a unit of genetic code in
a DNA or RNA molecule.
Covalent bond ✅the sharing of electrons between an atom
Cytokinesis ✅the physical process of cell division, which divides the cytoplasm of a
parental cell into two daughter cells
Deoxyribose ✅A five-carbon sugar that is a component of DNA nucleotides
Complementary base pair ✅complementary base pair with each other by hydrogen
bonding across the DNA helix
Diploid chromosome ✅the fusion of a sperm and an egg, forming a diploid cell with two
sets of chromosomes
Deoxyribonucelic acid ✅the genetic material which is used to make a blue print
DNA fingerprint ✅technology that identifies particular individuals using properties of
their DNA
DNA replication ✅the process of making a copy of DNA
